Secret journals of the acts and proceedings of Congress, from the first meeting thereof to the dissolution of the Confederation, Band 1

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Seite 324 FOUR O'CLOCK, P. M . Congress resumed the consideration of the articles of
confederation under debate yesterday; and after some time, Resolved, That the
farther consideration thereof be postponed till to-morrow. SATURDAY,
OCTOBER ...

Seite 331 Congress resumed the consideration of the articles of confederation as reported
by the committee of the whole. In debating the sixth article it was moved, That
instead of " No state shall lay any imposts or " duties which may interfere with any
...

Seite 334 Resolved, That the farther consideration of the article be postponed till to-morrow.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1777. Congress resumed the consideration of the article
of confederation respecting the powers of Congress ; and after some time the ...

Seite 338 FOUR O'CLOCK, P. H. Congress resumed the consideration of the article in
confederation last under debate. A motion was made to strike out the words " not*
" members of any of the states ;" and instead thereof to insert " not residing within
...

Seite 339 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1777. Congress resumed the consideration of the
articles of confederation, when the following amendments were moved and
agreed to : Instead of " general officers," to read " all officers." After " United States
," to ...

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Seite 397 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses ; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States — transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted ; to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each State for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State...

Seite 357 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the 'United States...

Seite 354 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States...

Seite 359 - ... men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...

Seite 458 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establishing and regulating post-offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro...

Seite 455 - ... the united states in congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the united states in congress assembled.

Seite 388 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.

Seite 399 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States, in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine States, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite.

Seite 450 - II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.

Seite 362 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.